Thanks for joining me!

I live in London and work with Quality Improvement for the NHS (National Health Service).

I grew up in Brazil and previously studied History, Education, Political Philosophy and Philosophy of Mind at University of Sao Paulo (USP – 1998-2004).

I have been researching Mental Health in the UK since 2009.

Twitter: CarlosQI_
[please note the underline _ in the end].

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

For the same reasons as you :P

Music, Movies, and Books

LISTENING:
# 22;
# Leprous
# Pain of Salvation
# Haken
# Progrock in general
#Pain of Salvation
#Haken, Moon Safari, Chico Buarque, Dream Theater.

READING:
Always reading 10+ books at the same time.

**Currently Reading and pondering**:
Psychology of Intelligence Analysis
The Last Temptation of Christ
The Brothers Karamazov
Advanced Yoga Practices
Bayes Theorem: a visual Introduction.

**Recently finished reading**:
Deep Meditation - Pathway to Personal Freedom
Dune (WOW!!!!)
A Man called Ove
Macbeth
48 Laws of Power
The Goal, by Eliyahu Goldratt
Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand
IHI White Paper on Psychology of Change;

**Guilt-pleasure Reading**:
Tony Robbins’ Awaken the Giant Within (amazing material for quote-exchanges with my 14yo daughter and other buddies);
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry´s Le Petit Prince (first time reading it in french)
Calvin and Hobbes;

**Stuck for a while**
It’s not Luck, by Goldratt;
Hermeneutics of the Subject, by Foucault.
The Checklist Manifesto (Atul Gawande);

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Northern Ireland, Paraguay, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, England, France